College Writing
What we call a shortened text based on a original text.
What is a summary?
Something in the introduction used to draw in the reader.
What is a hook?
The river that runs through Cleveland.
What is the Cuyahoga River?
This is the definition of "audience" in non-fiction writing.
Who the piece is written for/targeted at?
What is the art/act of persuasion?
One or two sentences at the end of the first paragraph used to state the author's main argument.
What is a thesis?
In the same year the Cavs came back from a 3-1 championship series deficit, this Cleveland sports team lost a 3-1 lead in their league's championship.
What are the Cleveland Indians/Guardians?
This is the definition of "purpose" in writing.
Why did the author write the piece?
We talked about how its appropriate to use first-person in this part of an essay.
What is a conclusion?
The part of your paper where you should include the bulk of your evidence.
What are the body paragraphs?
The side of Cleveland that Cleveland State University is on.
What is the East Side?
This is the definition of "jargon"
What is specialized vocabulary unique to a certain field or discipline?
This is what you use to back your writing claims.
What is evidence?
A word or phrase used to move smoothly from one paragraph to the next.
What is a transition?
After failing to win even a single game in the 2017 season, Browns fans did this to "celebrate" this "achievement".
What was the (Im)perfect season parade?
This is the definition of writing "tone"
How we describe what the author feels about the topic being written about?
We do this after introducing evidence because we assume our reader to have no background knowledge on the topic.
Why do we explain/integrate evidence?
The phrase used to introduce a quote or paraphrase, often mentioning the author's name.
What is a signal phrase?
The year CSU was founded and turned into a state school.
When is 1964?
This is the definition of "rhetorical situation"
What is the catch-all term we use to describe all the contextual elements of a piece of writing?